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Databases:

Databases are programs designed to organize data in a meaningful way. It offers to store, manage and retrieve relevant information.
The program uses tables to manage the data if you are familiar with how to work with Microsoft Excel then you’re familiar with storing information in a tabular form.


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Description

What is a database?
Database basics from "BBC - GCSE Bitesize" that explains database structure, terminology and basic functionality.

Relational Databases
From "How Stuff Works" this is a basic explanation of relational databases with links to other useful websites on relational databases.

Experimental Shoe-Print Database
Using computational forensics they analyzed the images to identify patterns and built a shoe tread databse of more than 10,000 pairs of men's shoes, ranging from Timberland boots to Nike indoor soccer shoes.

massive DNA database
This article deals with privacy implications as well as the social and ethical consideration of such a database
(lifted from http://itgsopedia.wikispaces.com/3.7+Databases)

Access tutorials:

1. Basics


2. Planning your database


3. Starting Access


4. Creating Table


5. Creating Table2


6. Using Primary Key


7. Adding Customers



Where do we use database?

1. Warehouses - Radio Frequency Identification


2. Government Taking Newborn DNA Samples



3. Biometrics at Airports



4. Library Systems



5.FBI Plans for Biometrics


6.Electronic Medical Records and Privacy


7. Whose data is it anyway? Medical databases, privacy and trust



Resources lifted from ITGSopedia